Скачать или смотреть Paul Kelly - A Bastard Like Me (Official Video)

“A Bastard Like Me” is the second single from Paul Kelly’s 2018 album “Nature”.

“A Bastard Like Me is the title of an autobiography by Charles Perkins, the first Aboriginal man to receive a university degree from the University of Sydney. Charles, of Arrernte, Kalkadoon and Irish heritage, was at the forefront of the struggle for justice and equality for his people for many years. He died in 2000. The song takes its title directly from the book and is based on his life.

I’d like to thank his daughter, film-maker Rachel Perkins, for encouraging me to write the song and to the whole Perkins family for assisting with materials – archival footage, home videos and family photos - for the video. Thanks, also, to the Solid State team for an inspired edit.

If you want to know more about Charlie I’d recommend the documentaries Fire Talker by Ivan Sen, Freedom Ride by Rachel Perkins, the biography Charles Perkins by Peter Read and, of course, his book A Bastard Like Me.” Paul Kelly, September, 2018

Download or stream “A Bastard Like Me” from the album “Nature” here: https://PaulKelly.lnk.to/NatureID

Also available on Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits: Songs From The South 1985-2019 here: https://PaulKelly.lnk.to/SFTS19

Exclusive music & merchandise available here: https://PaulKelly.lnk.to/storeID

I was born in the bush near old Alice Springs
As far as you get from the sea
My mother was a fighter, my daddy was too
He never knew a bastard like me
My brothers and sisters are scattered like the wind
From the desert and the hills to the sea
Much too young many died but I have survived
So lucky, a bastard like me
Oooh, so lucky, a bastard like me
Oh, I have survived a hell of a ride
Nobody knows a bastard like me
Call me a stray or a dog every day
Call me a mongrel half-breed
Mongrels are strong, so if you take me on
Watch out for a bastard like me!
Oooh, you better watch out for a bastard like me!
I’ve fought all the way, I fight every day
You can’t stop a bastard like me
I’ve taken my licks, I’ve taken my kicks
I am a man of degree
I wear the scars, I earned them so hard
Every day in the lucky country
Oooh, every day in the lucky country
I’ve taken my licks, I’ve kicked against the pricks
Oh, try and stop a bastard like me!

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